Historical Inquiry

Historical Inquiry involves:

• history

• opinion

• methods and interpretations

• the past

Facts are considered

• untrustworthy

• visible clues that prove something

• methods

• observations that prove nothing

Interpret means

• to give my opinion

• to give my point of view

• particular period in history

• to understand something

Artifacts are

• objects from a particular time period

• objects made today

• how we interpret history

• unbelieveable

Relevant means to

• a particular period in history

• related to a topic in an appropriate way

• not related to the topic at all

• explains the past

Cleopatra was an Egyptian

• Queen

• Priest

• slave

• Pharaoh

All of the following are methods of inquiry except:

• giving your opinion

• asking questions

• collecting evidence

• drawing conclusions

Historical Inquiry is the __________ of investigating the past.

• ability

• understanding

• process

• point of view

The title of this section was History as a ____________.

• Evidence

• Study

• Process

• Interpretation

History is related to all of these areas of study except:

• archeology

• economics

• geography

• earth science